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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m jealous of all of you. We are at lamb. Aftercare is terrible and almost no one gets in after teacher preference and FARMS Preference. It costs 500 for before and aftercare and 440 for just aftercare. Glorified babysitting at best. Terrible![/quote]

We are at LAMB too. There are plenty of spots, albeit still a shortage. I have no idea what a FARMS preference is.

It is totally fine, the teachers are generally good and there are no screens. Apparently the snacks are good. Outdoor time everyday, and free dance, yoga, art. Can pay extra for soccer and music classes. It is $110/wk but my kids enjoy going. 
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There are not plenty of spots as 60% of the school was shut out due to mismanagement. We ended up pulling our kid out last year because there was no supervision, many altercations, and my child ended up injured. Right now we are struggling to handle pickup but I’m not going through that again. I do understand they let the main director go, so things might have changed this year. [/quote]

I'm sorry to hear this was your child's experience.  My kid loves aftercare at LAMB.  I haven't heard of any altercations in any of the primary classes, I don't have enough experience with the higher grades.  While there is a waitlist, and I get not having guaranteed aftercare year after year is stressful, it's nowhere near 60% of the school - more like 15-20%.  Still too high--I get it--but no need to grossly exaggerate.  [/quote]

I can’t wait until you hit lower el and upper el and actually see what’s going on. And yes it really is close to 60%.  [/quote]

There are 575 students at LAMB.  The waitlist for aftercare is ~100 kids.  100/575=17.4% of students are on the waitlist. Even assuming there are kids who would were "shut out" but aren't on the waitlist, there are ~350 kids enrolled in BASE, which is 60% of the school.  So, no, it is not "close to 60%" that was shut out.  Your inability to admit facts makes your vague threats about lower and upper el carry a lot less weight.[/quote]

Oh no! You think my comments don’t carry a lot of weight! I won’t be able to sleep at night now! The horror!

What you’re not adding in is the amount of people who have removed themselves from the waitlist entirely because they are used to a new provider. Those people number around 200.  You’re also not factoring in the people who started at lamb and don’t even bother putting their names on a double digit waitlist. So yeah that would be closer to 60%.

Putting out there- a 100 student waitlist for aftercare with NO ALTERNATIVES PRESENTED is completely f*cked up. Some people cannot use Brillando because they’re too old, Casa Lala because it’s too far, and the other alternatives are generally geared towards younger kids.  [/quote]

If 60% of students are enrolled (350/575), then there cannot be 60% who were shut out.  I'm not saying the waitlist isn't a problem, but I can calculate percentages.[/quote]

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